Bill Hader Says Henry Winkler Is Constantly Shocked by What Happens on Barry

Bill Hader has been burning it down on Barry, the HBO show he created where he stars as a hitman desperately trying to make his way as an actor. If you're confused about the name, you aren't the only one: On Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel wanted to know exactly how they settled on it.

"You know," Hader replied, "you start to name stuff and it turns into Hit Your Mark and Follow Your Muse, you know what I mean? Then someone's just like, 'Can you just call it Barry so we can make posters and get this ball rolling?'"

That makes sense, considering film and TV are collaborative media and sometimes you have to make compromises. But just because it's a group effort doesn't mean that everyone is paying attention to the whole process. Take Henry Winkler, for example, who apparently totally loves being on the show. He's just not terribly attentive about anything going on outside of his scenes, according to Hader.

Yeah, no, he loves it, but the funny thing is he didn't watch them, so he's watching them—he hasn't seen the show, so he's watching them when everyone else is watching them on Sundays. Sunday night I'll get a call from him going [transitions into dead-on Winkler impression] "Bill? Oh, my gosh! This is really taking it up a notch." And I'm like, "You read the scripts! You were there! You know what happens, Henry!" He goes, "I know, but me and Stacy are so nervous"—his lovely wife, Stacey—"I had no idea, you're kind of a son of a gun!"

Is Winkler trolling Hader? Maybe. But when you're Henry Winkler, you can get away with a lot.

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